Performance Assessments for Learning: The Next Generation of State Assessments

• In Event: Examining Assessment for Learning in the Schools

Abstract

In 2008, [State] undertook a statewide pilot of performance-based assessments that were developed in partnership with [X] University and with the input of stakeholders in the state. The purpose of this paper is to 1) describe the design of the performance assessments, the assessment system, and the intended processes/protocols for implementation; 2) reflect on lessons learned from the implementation of these assessments, and 3) generate principles for performance assessment design and implementation guidelines that best support educative uses of the assessments. Results from this pilot provide important insights about the real-world application of research-based principles of formative assessment and how a state initiative can use research-based and educative assessment practices to move teaching and learning forward for the common good.

Authors

• Ruth Chung Wei, Stanford University

• Susan E. Schultz, Stanford University

• Raymond Lee Pecheone, Stanford University